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WIND WHEEL.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR/27, 1908.

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. harnessed and transmitted to a single ven J element or distributed to plurality or' driven elements, the mechanism 'embodying novel means whereby the full power ot the Wheels is utilized and whereby also the en -tire battery or batteries of wheels may be raised, and lowered for the purpose of subjectingthe same to greater or less currents of air and whereby also braking power may be applied to the 'wheels tor' the purpose ot .reducing the driving power thereof or stoppint,r the fmechanism altogether.

llt/'ith the above and other objects in View, the nature ot which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention .consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

in the accompanying drawing-'Figure t isa side elevation ot' the complete apparatus. Fig'. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fie. 3 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section hrough one end of the apparatus. Fig, 4- is a vertical cross section through the adjustable frame and the mechanism mounted on and carried thereby.

The apparatus contemplated in this invention is designed to beinounted upon a suitable support at the required elevation, such as a roof ot`-a building' and for that purpose the apparatus, as a Whole, is constructed to embody a base l of suitable Width and length having extending' upward from the opposite endsthereof uprights 2 arranged in parallel pairs and each preferably consists of angle iron, as shown in Fig. 2. These standards are secured tixedly to the base l and are further connected with the base l by means of inclined braces 3 to give the required rigidity to the structure.

Mounted to move up and down between v and upon the standards 2 is a vertical adjustable frame comprisingupper and lower sets of horizontal bars 3 and t., respectivel Specification o1" Letters atent.

. Application :flied l'arch 27, 19GB. Serial No. @23,595

latented Jan, 12, 1999.

corresponding sets or end cross bars 5 and 6, respectivelv, and corner posts T, as clearly shown in Figs. l and 2. The upper and lower horizontal bars 3 and i are connected luy-means ot cross diagonal braces Sthereby giving` the necessary rigidity to the vertical. /adjustable plane, as a whole. In the pre- `terred embodiment of the invention, the

upper and lower horizontal bars of the vertically adjustable frame are constructed of angle iron as shown in liigs. 3 and 4l.

" Mounted upon thek vertically adjustable lfrana@ are two series of batteries of Wind wheels, the one series ot wheels and l0 the other series of wheels arranged at the opposite side ot the frame. Each of the wheels 9 is mounted on a rotary shaft l1 whileeach of thewvheels 10 is mounted on a rotary shaft 12, the said shafts being mounted in bearings 13 on the upper horizontal bars 3 of the frame. y reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the shafts are arranged-in. geared pairs, or :in-other Words, the shafts are arranged suii'iciently out of vertical alinement with each other to admit of the use of intermeshing spur gear Wheels le and l5 fast on the shafts 1l and l2, respectively,whereby the adjacent shafts are permitted to rotate in opposite directions and in this connection it will benoted that the blades i6 of one set of Wheels are pitched reversely to the blades l? of the other series or battery of Wheels, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, while at the same time the shafts are geared together so that the power of both shafts is utilized for driving a common element or plurality of ele ments, as will hereinafter appear.

lThe shafts 1l are provided With cranks 18 and all of said cranks are coupled together so as to rotate in unison by means of a single connectingrod 19. are provided with cranks Z0 all of which are coupled together by a common connecting,` rod This insuresthe sinniltaneousrota tion of all of the shafts andby arranging the cranks of one series oishaits at the proper angle to the cranks of the other series of shafts. dead centers are avoided. One series or" shatts is provided with friction or brake Wheels 22 as best illustrated'in Fig. 3 und in connection with said Wheels, l emn all of said brake shoes or friction straps to a common connecting and operating rod 24.

Likewise, the shafts 12' ploy brakefaor friction. straps Q3 and connect The operating rod 24 constitutes a brake beam common to all of the brake shoes and has one end thereof pivotally connected as vertically movable frame.

shown at '.5 to a lever 26 ulcruined on the vertically adjustable frame as shown at 27 and having attached to the other end thereof an operating connection 28 which extends around a drinn 29 on a shaft 30, as shown in Fig. 3. The opposite end of the brake beam 24 is similarly connected to the vertically ad-. instable frame by a link corresponding with the upper portion of the lever 26. Thus, by Winding the flexible connection 2S on the drum zt) by means of the shaft 30 all the brake shoes may be simultaneously applied to all of the shafts of the wind wheel.

The means for raising and lowering the Verticallf adjustable frame is best illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, wherein it will be seen that windlasses 3l are mounted to opposite ends of the frame of the nprights and providedV with winding gears 32 and 33, the latter being carried by a shaft adapted to receive a suitable winding crank, not shown. From the windlasses 3l, flexible connections 34- extend np\ 'ard over guide pulleys 35 and have their ends connected to the vertically adjustable frame, as shown at 3th ln this way by ope 'ating the Windlasses 31, the adjustable frame may be moved upward and downward and held sustained at any desired elevation to place the wind Wheels in a stronger or wea ker current of air according to the power required.

Une or more of the. wind Wheel shafts may be provided with a belt pulley 37 as shown in Fie'. l trom which a driving belt 38 will lead ott to a second pulley 39 journaled in bearings on the lower horizontal bars l of the vertically adjustable frame, While from the pulley 39 another belt/l() may be lcd downvard to the driven element, not shown, which may consist, for example, of a dynamo or generator ot' any desired type. Therertical adjustment of the frame which carries the wind wheels will not interfere with the operation ot' the brake mechanism as the brake operating connection 28 may be wound upon or nnwonnd trom the drum 29 according to the adjustment ot said Any ordinary means may he employed to take slack in the belt 40.

claim 1. A Wind motor comprising a stationary `frame embodying angle iron standards, a

horizontally disposed angle iron frame adjustable up and down and guided by said standards, means for raising and .lowering said adjustable frame, a battery of'wind Wheels each journaled on saidV adjustable frame, means for coupling the shafts of said Wheels together, and a driven element to which the combined power of all of said shafts ,ma be transmitted.

'2. A. Wind .motor comprising a stationary frame embodying standards, a horizon tally disposed frame adj ustahle upV and down between said standards, means 1"or raising and lowering' said adjustable frame`,a hat tery or". wind wheels each jonrnaled on said frame, means for coupling the shafts 'together for simultaneous rotation, brake shoes for each of said Wheels, and a brake beam or connecting rod common to all of said brake shoes, substantially asdescribed.

3. A wind motor comprising a station'W ary frame embodying fixed/standards, a horizontally disposed frame adjustable vertically between said standards, means for raising` andY lowering said adj estable fraaie,

a battery of Wind wheels each jonrnaled said vertically adjustable frame, means riot 'coupling the shafts of all otsaid, Wheels together for simultaneous rotation, friction Wheels on the Wind; wheel shafts, brake shoes embracing said friction wheels, a common connecting rod or brake beam having all of said brake shoes attached thereto, and means for moving sa id brake beam to simultaneously apply all of the brake shoes, sul)V stantially as described;

In testimony whereof I attbi my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

v JOHN DAES. ldlitnesses lflA'rtLnA l Smart/in', .Liaannrr-I Smal-mrt. 

